Growing up in one of the poorest regions of the United States has taught me two things; one, we are not defined by stereotypes, and two, hardships are made to be overcome. Nestled in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, Middlesboro, KY sits on the Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia border. The multicolored fall foliage and the vivid green mountains in the spring are disserved by the descriptor spectacular. My roots are firmly nestled in the Cumberland Gap where Daniel Boone started his journey to the West decades ago. I am proud to call myself an Appalachian-American. Still, Middlesboro, like many parts of Eastern Kentucky is not without its challenges. The once flourishing downtown of Middlesboro is lined with deserted businesses. The coal
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That is why my scores for those two characteristics are higher on the scale. I believe the world needs more nice people. People who are encouraging and kind to one another. I feel deeply for other people and care very much about how they are doing. I am a hardworking individual who prides myself on perfectionism, but sometimes I do something wrong—it’s only human. I believe I can take criticism well, but occasionally I have to think about feedback before I come to the realization that the person who was critiquing me was ultimately correct. That is why I gave myself a 9 in the cognitive complexity category. For the psychological adjustment category, I gave myself a 9. As a counselor, you must leave your own problems out of a session. You can’t burden your client with your problems as well as your own. Finally, for competence I gave myself a 9. I love school and I love learning. There is always more out there to learn, whether about cultures, personalities, practical techniques, or even how to prepare a new dish for dinner. Learning is vital to the human condition. I trust that the minute humans stop learning is the minute they cease to exist. As Einstein once said, “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at …show more content…
While many people see Kentucky and think Lexington and Louisville, we must not forget the small towns full of people waiting on the opportunity to be educated. Kentucky has 120 counties, full of people who desperately need mental health care and have to be met where they are because they simply have no other way to get the help they need. The main reason I want to study Psychology is that it will give me the ability and training to help people and families who have struggled just like my own family and the families I have grown up with. Somebody out there has to get the figurative dirt under their fingernails and meet the people where they are, because sometimes they can’t come to us. Psychology is all about that. Psychologist don’t just want to throw away the key, they want to work through the problem and heal people at their core; it’s about learning to live with your problems instead of just running from them. It’s about truly changing people’s lives for the better through education and service. Eastern Kentucky is my ideal home because of their commitment to diversity and goal of educating the people of our beautiful state. Appalachia defines my very person. I live and breathed the stereotypes and have defeated them in my own way through my education at the University of Kentucky. I seek a program that will equip me, through research
That is why my scores for those two characteristics are higher on the scale. I believe the world needs more nice people. People who are encouraging and kind to one another. I feel deeply for other people and care very much about how they are doing. I am a hardworking individual who prides myself on perfectionism, but sometimes I do something wrong—it’s only human. I believe I can take criticism well, but occasionally I have to think about feedback before I come to the realization that the person who was critiquing me was ultimately correct. That is why I gave myself a 9 in the cognitive complexity category. For the psychological adjustment category, I gave myself a 9. As a counselor, you must leave your own problems out of a session. You can’t burden your client with your problems as well as your own. Finally, for competence I gave myself a 9. I love school and I love learning. There is always more out there to learn, whether about cultures, personalities, practical techniques, or even how to prepare a new dish for dinner. Learning is vital to the human condition. I trust that the minute humans stop learning is the minute they cease to exist. As Einstein once said, “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at …show more content…
While many people see Kentucky and think Lexington and Louisville, we must not forget the small towns full of people waiting on the opportunity to be educated. Kentucky has 120 counties, full of people who desperately need mental health care and have to be met where they are because they simply have no other way to get the help they need. The main reason I want to study Psychology is that it will give me the ability and training to help people and families who have struggled just like my own family and the families I have grown up with. Somebody out there has to get the figurative dirt under their fingernails and meet the people where they are, because sometimes they can’t come to us. Psychology is all about that. Psychologist don’t just want to throw away the key, they want to work through the problem and heal people at their core; it’s about learning to live with your problems instead of just running from them. It’s about truly changing people’s lives for the better through education and service. Eastern Kentucky is my ideal home because of their commitment to diversity and goal of educating the people of our beautiful state. Appalachia defines my very person. I live and breathed the stereotypes and have defeated them in my own way through my education at the University of Kentucky. I seek a program that will equip me, through research